Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Paulette

#615 most common girls' name of all time · #1,139 across all names · <1% male / >99% female · used 1907–2025

Rank among girls
#615
Rank overall
#1,139 of 105,966
First appeared
1907
Years on the list
114 of 146
All-time
47,152
Since 2016
1,194
Peak year
1948 #123
Best rank
#117 1946
Girls Boys peak 2,586/yr
192019401960198020002020

Paulette first appears in 1907. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 138 — 138 #1,535
2024 159 — 159 #1,408
2023 135 — 135 #1,571
2022 131 — 131 #1,614
2021 127 — 127 #1,644
2020 124 — 124 #1,660
2019 131 — 131 #1,616
2018 101 — 101 #1,955
2017 70 — 70 #2,534
2016 78 — 78 #2,389
2015 96 — 96 #2,046
2014 84 — 84 #2,240
2013 95 — 95 #2,037
2012 85 — 85 #2,206
2011 130 — 130 #1,648
2010 140 — 140 #1,571
2009 45 — 45 #3,567
2008 46 — 46 #3,538
2007 61 — 61 #2,939
2006 33 — 33 #4,371
2005 35 — 35 #4,046
2004 30 — 30 #4,506
2003 41 — 41 #3,481
2002 37 — 37 #3,604
2001 31 — 31 #4,037
2000 44 — 44 #3,131
1999 32 — 32 #3,731
1998 56 — 56 #2,464
1997 66 — 66 #2,120
1996 80 — 80 #1,829
1995 61 — 61 #2,192
1994 79 — 79 #1,814
1993 94 — 94 #1,616
1992 100 — 100 #1,553
1991 112 — 112 #1,430
1990 112 — 112 #1,413
1989 153 — 153 #1,095
1988 144 — 144 #1,092
1987 88 — 88 #1,473
1986 90 — 90 #1,424
1985 109 — 109 #1,255
1984 120 — 120 #1,140
1983 99 — 99 #1,261
1982 126 — 126 #1,119
1981 142 — 142 #1,021
1980 156 — 156 #953
1979 158 — 158 #935
1978 210 — 210 #741
1977 190 — 190 #790
1976 182 — 182 #785
1975 252 — 252 #627
1974 312 — 312 #541
1973 385 — 385 #473
1972 466 — 466 #418
1971 680 — 680 #357
1970 805 — 805 #328
1969 638 — 638 #366
1968 629 — 629 #355
1967 701 — 701 #331
1966 690 — 690 #338
1965 707 — 707 #343
1964 838 5 843 #326
1963 858 — 858 #321
1962 741 — 741 #348
1961 774 — 774 #338
1960 854 — 854 #322
1959 956 — 956 #294
1958 1,068 — 1,068 #268
1957 1,092 — 1,092 #263
1956 1,234 — 1,234 #234
1955 1,298 6 1,304 #225
1954 1,485 — 1,485 #208
1953 1,763 7 1,770 #179
1952 1,886 — 1,886 #164
1951 2,148 7 2,155 #148
1950 1,953 — 1,953 #151
1949 2,553 — 2,553 #125
1948 2,579 7 2,586 #123
1947 2,334 7 2,341 #134
1946 2,520 9 2,529 #117
1945 1,575 — 1,575 #148
1944 1,438 5 1,443 #164
1943 1,440 7 1,447 #166
1942 963 — 963 #211
1941 277 5 282 #413
1940 223 — 223 #452
1939 100 — 100 #679
1938 81 — 81 #783
1937 68 — 68 #839
1936 82 — 82 #736
1935 55 — 55 #942
1934 46 — 46 #1,031
1933 54 — 54 #934
1932 48 — 48 #1,029
1931 33 — 33 #1,282
1930 24 — 24 #1,645
1929 27 — 27 #1,518
1928 34 — 34 #1,334
1927 37 — 37 #1,325
1926 37 — 37 #1,297
1925 30 — 30 #1,528
1924 31 — 31 #1,525
1923 30 — 30 #1,515
1922 28 — 28 #1,605
1921 33 — 33 #1,434
1920 27 — 27 #1,615
1919 14 — 14 #2,476
1918 14 — 14 #2,477
1917 13 — 13 #2,515
1916 9 — 9 #3,164
1915 7 — 7 #3,605
1913 13 — 13 #1,756
1910 6 — 6 #2,347
1907 5 — 5 #2,375